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Rising suicides cut a swathe through Amazon's children Loss of identity and lands drives Guarani people to desperation
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THE largest tribe of Amazonian Indians, the 27,000-strong
Guarani, are being devastated by a wave of suicides among their
children, triggered by their coming into contact with the modern
world.
Once unheard of among Amazonian Indians, suicide is ravaging the
Guarani, who live in the south-west of Brazil, an area that now has
one of the highest suicide rates in the world. More than 280 Guarani
have taken their own lives in the past 10 years, including 26
children under the age of 14 who have poisoned or hanged themselves.
Two Guarani leaders will be in London tomorrow to launch a report
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